Information disclosure in WITTENSTEIN high integrity systems products - CVE-2018-16524

 

Information disclosure in WITTENSTEIN high integrity systems products - CVE-2018-16524

Published: October 19, 2018 / Updated: December 11, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU15439
CSH Severity: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-16524
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
FreeRTOS
OpenRTOS
SafeRTOS
Software vendor:
Amazon Web Services
WITTENSTEIN high integrity systems

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.

The weakness exists due to the function prvCheckOptions checks the TCP options supplied within an Rx TCP packet. A remote attacker can trigger memory leak and access arbitrary data.

Remediation

Update the affected software to version 1.3.2.

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